Carandiru Page #7

No one wants to die.

As they came in,

we ran to our cells.

We couldn't put up a fight

with knives and sticks.

Go back, I'm warning you!

We've got AIDS! You're gonna die!

They came in to kill us, doctor,

shouting we all had AIDS...

...that they'd catch it

if they touched us.

Turn right!

And left!

Hey, get out!

I want to stay with you!

Sergeant, let's play

cops and robbers.

You're going to live

to tell the tale.

I changed my mind.

Like hell he changed his mind!

It was pure spite.

He fed Ezequiel a glimmer of hope

so he could come back and kill him.

You two been causing trouble?

No way, we're sports fans.

So, you thief, how do you like

some of your own medicine?

You got lucky this time.

Who knows?

I guess he didn't have the courage

to shoot a woman.

It was our love that saved us.

It was the cop's son

who saved my life.

God bless the cop's son.

God bless that cop's son!

I'm unarmed!

Out of your cell!

Put your hands on the wall!

- I know you killed a cop!

- I never killed anyone, sir!

I'm only in for three years.

Spare me! Spare me!

Listen here. The only reason

this is your lucky day...

...is because you look like my son.

Anyone alive, undress

and come out naked!

Anyone alive, undress

and come out naked!

Anyone alive, undress

and come out naked!

I want to hear you say:

"Long live the riot squad!"

Go on! "Long live the riot squad!"

Louder, you murderer!

Long live the riot squad!

Long live the riot squad!

Everyone, now!

Long live the riot squad!

Long live the riot squad!

Long live the riot squad!

Long live the riot squad!

Go on!

Move it, come on!

- There's no one alive inside!

- Let's go, then!

Undress, everything! Come on!

Undress, everything!

- Undress!

- Heads down!

"Davilson, dearest son...

...your mother weeps when she thinks

of you when you were little...

...laughing deep into my eyes.

I know you never

believed in my God...

...but today, as I read the Bible...

...it was as if you were here

in my lap again.

My heart trembled as

I read Psalm 91.

What beautiful words.

A thousand may fall

at your right hand...

...but no evil will come near you...

...no scourge come near your tent."

In the late '80s, AIDS

prevention work in jails...

...took me to the So Paulo

Detention Center. Carandiru.

There I heard stories, made

real friends, learned medicine...

... and penetrated a few

of the mysteries of life in jail...

... which would have remained

inaccessible were I not a doctor.

- Morning, doctor.

- Good morning.

Even today, whenever I hear

the iron gates close behind me...

... I feel that shudder,

just like all those matinees...

... where I'd sit glued to my chair as

I watched all those jail films in B&W.

On October 2, 1992, 111 men died

at the So Paulo Detention Center.

There were no police deaths.

The only ones who know what

really happened are God...

...the police and the inmates.

I only heard the latter.

On September 15, 2002,

the last inmates were transferred.

Once empty, Carandiru

closed its doors.

On December 9, Carandiru

was finally demolished.

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